Andrey Nikolayevich Malakhov (; born 11 January 1972) is a Russian television personality and presenter on the main Russian television channel,

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Biography

Malakhov was born in the town of

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, and studied

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at music school. In 1995 he graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the Moscow State University, before studying for one and a half years at

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. During these studies worked on the newspaper ''

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'' and broadcast the show ''Стиль'' (Style) on

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. He publishes a magazine and website of the same name, '' StarHit''. In 1998 entered the faculty of law of the

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and since graduating has worked there, teaching the basics of journalism.

Career

Malakhov has hosted the talk show '' Let Them Talk'' from July 2001 to 2017. In May 2009, Malakhov presented the semifinals of the

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with the Russian model

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Television

*1992: worked at ''The Sunday'' with Sergey Alekseev *1995: editor of the international informational program ''Morning'' and the presenter of the show ''Style'' *1996–2001: the show ''Good Morning'' on Channel One *2001–2004: talk show '' The Big Washing'' *2004–2007: the music show ''

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'' *2004–2005: talk show ''

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'' *2005–2017: talk show '' Lets Them Talk'' *April–May, 2006: the show about folk medicine ''Malakhov+Malakhov'' (together with his namesake Gennady Malakhov) *2005–2007: broadcast ''

'' on

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*2008: TV show ''TV star - Superstar'' on Ukrainian TV *2008: the show ''Two Stars'', together with

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(as a participant) *2010–2011: the show ''Lie Detector'' *2012–2017: the Saturday talk show ''Tonight'' * since 2017 TV show “Live with Andrey Malakhov” * since 2017 the Saturday talk show “Hello, Andrey!”

Filmography

Malakhov made

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as himself in the following films: *2007: '' Kilometer Zero'' *2007: ''Indigo'' *2007: '' Happy Together'' *2009: ''

Daddy's Daughters ''Daddy's Daughters'' () is a Russian TV series that aired for 20 seasons from September 3, 2007 to April 30, 2013. Made by "Kinokonstanta" (episodes 1 to 60), "Kostafilm" (episodes 61 to 370) and "Yellow, Black and White" (since episode 371) film ...

'' *2011: ''Exchange Wedding'' *2015: ''

The Very Best Day The Very Best Day () is a Russian comedy film directed by Zhora Kryzhovnikov. It is the highest-grossing Russian film of 2015, which raised more than $10.5 million at the box office. Plot The Provincial Road Officer Petya Vasyutin (Dmitry Nagiev) ...

'' *2019: ''

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Awards

Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" The Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" () is a Russian medal. It was established on 2 March 1994 by Presidential Decree No.442. Its award criteria were modified on 6 January 1999 by Presidential Decree 19 and again on 7 September 201 ...

2nd class (2006)

Personal life

In June 2011, Malakhov married Natalia Shkuleva (born 31 May 1980), a publisher of magazine ''

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'' by Hearst Shkulev Digital (Russian edition). They married in the

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. In August 2017, the couple announced that they are expecting their first child.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Malakhov, Andrey 1972 births Living people People from Apatity Russian television presenters Moscow State University alumni Michigan State University alumni Russian male journalists Russian State University for the Humanities alumni Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class Russian magazine editors Russian television talk show hosts